The Box of Oddities

The Webby Award-winning “Box of Oddities" is a podcast that delves into the strange and mysterious aspects of our world, exploring topics ranging from bizarre medical conditions to unsolved mysteries, and from paranormal phenomena to strange cultural practices from around the world. With a focus on oddities, curiosities, and the macabre, each episode is a journey into the unknown, where hosts Kat and Jethro Gilligan Toth share their love for unusual stories and inject their humor and commentary. From the strange history of medical practices to chilling true crime stories, to natural (and unnatural) events, "The Box of Oddities" satisfies your thirst for the weird and the unusual, offering an informative and entertaining look into the dark and mysterious corners of our world.

JIMMY KIMMEL, ABC-TV says, "Should you be the type who has an interest in weird stuff, this is a fun thing to allow in your head!" 


“Truth is stranger than fiction, and the Box of Oddities is the strangest of all!” -SLUGGO, SIRIUS XM LITHIUM


“Kat & Jethro wring humor from bizarre, macabre and perplexing places.” -BOSTON MAGAZINE

Comedy
True Crime
Society & Culture
276
Box514: Old Sausage Pants Toth
Unusual festivals & Harrison Okene
30 min
277
BOX513: An Angry Foul-Mouthed Tree Shrew
Laughter and Zheng Yi Sao
28 min
278
BOX512: Like A Sexy Bob Barker
Julia Pastrana & cat monuments
30 min
279
BOX511: Edwardian Script Flipping
The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall & Old English wife selling
29 min
280
BOX510: Digital Breadcrumbs
Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers & Marie Van Brittan Brown
27 min
281
BOX509: An Excellent Judge Of Police Footwear
Superstitions from around the world & Pinkerton’s lady dick
33 min
282
BOX508: Big Nose, Fat Ass
Army of the dead & history of the Passport
33 min
283
BOX507: Flashlights For Eyeballs
Cyberbully mom & Gerty Cori
27 min
284
BOX506: Boobs And Welding
Mike Marcum and MOBA
34 min
285
BOX505: Vindictively Cooking Cabbage
Screaming mummy & Richard the Lionheart's heart
27 min
286
BOX504: Nocturnal Spirit Hair Braiding
Oksana Malaya & haunted Mary Ellen MacDonald
32 min
287
BOX503: Are You My Mommy?
The Mad Gasser of Mattoon and chromhidrosis
28 min
288
BOX502: A Perplexing Scrub Hen
The faces of Bélmez & fun bird names
27 min
289
BOX501: Aerated Sass
E.A. Oxford & experimental weapons
40 min
290
BOX500: The BOO Holiday Collection Vol. II
Holiday Collection Vol. II
57 min
291
BOX499: The BOO Holiday Collection Vol. 1
Unwrap one of two collections of holiday topics curated for your festive Yuletide enjoyment. It’s mostly about bones. Happy holidays! 
31 min
292
BOX498: Sleeping With A Frozen Dead Guy
Human DNA contains a bit of a mystery and a woman’s amazing activity survival story. Alien/ghost DNA and Ada Blackjack in BOX498. Oy, with the poodles already!
30 min
293
BOX497: Dragons, Toilets And Ballpoint Pens
Salamanders and dinosaurs. The sometimes surprising histories of common items and the tyrannosaurus missing link in BOX497. Do not use on broken skin. 
30 min
294
BOX496: A Belly Full Of Fermented Dairy
The ancient Romans had a very unique method of extracting revenge from those who wronged them. JG has the story. And Kat explains why when driving through Finland, many have seen a thousand people standing in a field silently staring as they pass by. BOX496 is just sitting here watching the wheels go 'round and 'round.
25 min
295
BOX495: A Large, Angry, Urinating Bat
You may consider yourself one of the luckiest people alive after hearing Jethro's story. Or at least luckier than its subject. And don't you just love it when everyone thinks an animal has gone extinct but everyone is wrong? Kat has the details. It's Box495. Actual crash results may vary.
30 min
296
BOX494: Gangrene And Orange Peels
Why in a barrel, though? And a record-breaking attempt turns into a mystery. JG tells us the history of “going over Niagara” and Kat asks questions regarding the lost L'Oiseau Blanc. It’s BOX494 and it’s doing what had to be done, living under the gun. 
36 min
297
BOX493: Mourning Makes Me Peckish
Santa’s bone juice and coffins to caskets. Tidbits about that jolly old elf and the evolution of burials in the States in BOX494. Your tongue knows what your phone feels like.  Check out Serenity Sweets and Self-Care for truly unique gift ideas!
28 min
298
BOX492: Camo Undies And Liquid Diamonds
A bunch of old dudes tell us how to be good wives. Then, it rains what on other planets?! 1950s advice for women and diamonds the size of ur anus in BOX492. You can jump into the fire but you'll never be free. 
29 min
299
BOX490: Thanksgiving Cannibal Collection Vol. 1
It's the Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S. so we thought, "we should put together a bunch of cannibal stories that we've done!" It may have been a mistake. Here's volume 1. 
82 min
300
BOX491: Thanksgiving Cannibal Collection Vol. 2
It's the Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S. so we thought, "we should put together a bunch of cannibal stories that we've done!" It may have been a mistake. Here's volume 2.
72 min